Re:Distributed Systems Programming Has Stalled
by DrFalkyn on Thursday February 27, 2025 @07:02PM
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Hope you can justify that during sprint planning / standup
Re:Distributed Systems Programming Has Stalled
by bob1029 on Thursday February 27, 2025 @07:35PM
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If you are going to just build it in the absence of explicit buy-in, you certainly shouldn't spend time on the standup talking about it. Wait until your idea is completely formed and then drop a 5 minute demo on the team.
It can be challenging to push through to a completed demo without someone cheering you on every morning. I find this to be helpful more than hurtful if we are interested in the greater good. If you want to go against the grain (everyone else on the team), then you need to be really sure before you start wasting everyone else's time. Prove it to yourself first.
I've never once been granted explicit permission to try a different path without being burdened by a mountain of constraints that ultimately render the effort pointless.
If you want to try a new thing, just build it. No one is going to encourage you to shoot holes through things that they hang their own egos from.